Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Dudy Purwagandhi said that long traffic jams on a number of routes leading to Tanjung Priok Port some time ago were due to violations by terminal managers at ports.
Furthermore, Dudy said the capacity to serve loading and unloading activities at one of the port terminals should be around 65 percent. However, at the time of the incident, the capacity exceeded these provisions.
"So there is a terminal capacity that is actually done, there is a capacity that is violated by the terminal manager at the port," he said when met at the DPR Building, Jakarta, Wednesday, March 23.
Regarding whether the violation could be dealt with, Dudy said he could. However, this is the authority of PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo).
"Because those there are Pelindo as concession holders, we leave them to Pelindo to take action," he explained.
In addition, Dudy also emphasized that the long traffic jam that occurred some time ago had nothing to do with the operational restrictions on goods transport trucks.
"Because the restrictions on vehicles will be completed on the 8th, even though in the field we already have actual relaxation from the 7th (April). So from the 7th or the 8th to the date of the incident on the 17th day span it is too far," he said.
For your information, there was a long traffic jam in the Tanjung Priok area for days last week. The traffic jam was caused by the queue of logistics trucks at the port as a result of container buildup.
As a manager, Pelindo through its subsidiary provides clarification regarding congestion that occurs at Tanjung Priok Port.
Executive General Manager of Pelindo Regional 2 Tanjung Priok, Adi Sugiri said there was an increase in the flow of container goods that would carry out container recovery activities at Tanjung Priok Port.
In addition, he said, this coincided with the completion of the Eid homecoming period and the post-implementation of goods traffic restrictions.
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"Long traffic jams occurred today due to increased loading and unloading activities at Tanjung Priok Port," he said in an official statement, Thursday, April 17.
Adi said there were no obstacles that occurred as a result of system errors both at the Port Gate and at the Priok Port Container Terminal and it was confirmed that the ship's loading and unloading activities went smoothly without any problems.
Furthermore, Adi said that for Terminal NPCT 1 the volume increase occurred 100 percent of the number of trucks entering the terminal. Where on average the number that entered was less than 2,500 trucks.
"But today it reaches above 4,000 trucks heading to NPCT 1. The operating system at the terminal and in the Common Area of the entrance to NPCT 1 is confirmed to be normal without any problems," he said.
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